Royal Commission Archive & Library Bulletin of Newly Catalogued Material – February 2019

Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) Archives and Library Bulletin which lists all newly catalogued material. The archival items, library books and journal articles are all available to view in our public reading room. The full archive catalogue is available on Coflein and contains digital copies of many of the items listed. All publications may be found on our online Library Catalogue.

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Monday – Friday 09.30 – 16.00,
Wednesday 10.30 – 16.30.
An appointment is advisable.

Archives

Snowdrops at Caerwedros, 1963
Ref. acc01100d6 C.884537 Copyright: Arthur Chater

Archaeological Reports/Evaluations (non Trust)

Digital archaeological project archives relating to:

• Watching brief on land at RAF St Athan, carried out by PCA Ltd., 2014-2015: Ref. AENT40_31
• Photographic survey of Capel Hermon, Llandrillo, carried out by Ian Brooks, 2019. Ref. AENT40_32

Archaeology Wales Project Archives

Project archives relating to:

• Archaeological investigation at Penarth Weir, Newtown, 2013: Ref. AWP_295
• Archaeological Desk-based Assessment at Llwyncelyn, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, 2012: Ref. AWP_296

Cadw Registered Files Collection: Ref. CAM001-01-
Collection of registered files in the CAM series.
Covering dates: 1978-1998

CHERISH Project Archive: Ref. CHR
Images from a baseline aerial reconnaissance survey, undertaken as part of the CHERISH Project.
Covering dates: 2017-2018

Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust Project Archives: Ref. CPATP
Archives arising from a number of archaeological projects.
Covering dates: 2015

Davies and Brentnall Collection: Ref. BDC
Aerial photographs taken by Glyn Davies and Jonathan Brentnall; primarily of cropmarks from Tywyn to Aberystwth which were revealed during the drought conditions of summer 2018.
Covering dates: 15th and 22nd July 2018

Foundations Archaeology Projects Archive: Ref. FAPA_06_02
Digital photos from an archaeological watching brief at Greenfields Brockweir Common.
Covering dates: 2010
Ref. C.654737

Headland Archaeology Projects Archive: Ref. HAP028
Archive records relating to archaeological evaluation at The Cell, Wyesham, Monmouthshire, carried out by Headland Archaeology.
Covering dates: 2016

Investigators’ Digital Photography

Royal Commission aerial photography relating to:

• The construction of the Newtown Bypass, 2018: Ref. DS2019_002_ DS2019_003
• Penhow Castle, taken during drought conditions on 22nd July 2013: Ref. DS2019_004
• Parchmarks adjacent to Prysg Field Roman barracks, taken during drought conditions on 22nd July 2013: Ref. DS2019_006
• Non-archaeological parchmarks at Floodgate Farm, taken during drought conditions on 22nd July 2013: Ref.  DS2019_007
• Pont Hir Tinworks with extensive parchmarks revealing buried structures, taken during drought conditions on 22nd July 2013: Ref. DS2019_008
• Cropmark enclosure at Malthouse Road, taken during drought conditions on 22nd July 2013: Ref. DS2019_009
• Caermead Roman Villa, recorded during drought conditions on 22nd July 2013: Ref. DS2019_010
• Dyffryn Gardens, recorded during drought conditions on 22nd July 2013: Ref. DS2019_011
• Inscribed stone on the summit of Plynlimon, 2017: Ref. DS2019_012

Ordnance Survey Vertical Aerial Photography Collection
Black and white aerial photograph of Wales, taken by the Ordnance Survey.
Covering dates: 1964-1997.

Paul R. Davis Collection: Ref. PRD_02_1942 – PRD_02_2169
Digital aerial photographs of many sites in Wales, taken by Paul R. Davis.
Covering dates: 2018-2019.

Castell Flemish Hillfort, Ty’n-yr-Eithin, near Tregaron
Ref. PRD_02_1942 C.653402 NPRN: 303559 Copyright: Paul R. Davis

RCAHMW Colour Oblique Digital Aerial Photographs: Ref. AP_2019_202-AP_2019_310
Oblique aerial photograph, undertaken as part of the Royal Commission’s programme of archaeological aerial reconnaissance.
Covering dates: 2013-2017
C.653590 – C.655286

Skomer Island Project: Ref. SIP01_04
Digital report from the Skomer Excavation, entitled ‘Skomer Island: The Excavation of a prehistoric field lynchet associated with the North Stream settlement’, produced by Barker, Davis, Driver, and Johnston.
Covering dates: 2016

Nesting puffins at The Wick, Skomer Island, April 2018
Ref. DS2018_494_007 C.646939 NPRN: 402711

Books

All our books and journals can be found on the Royal Commission’s Library Catalogue and viewed in our Library and Search Room.

• Ellis, Tudor. 2014. Back to normal. Groeslon [Wales]: Tudor Ellis.
• Ellis, Tudor. 2014. Bywyd normal. Groeslon [Wales]: Tudor Ellis.
•  Gerrard, Christopher M. & Gutiérrez, Alejandra [Editors]. 2018. The Oxford handbook of later medieval archaeology in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Graham, Helen & Vergunst, Jo [Editors]. 2019. Heritage as community research: legacies of co-production. Bristol: Policy Press [Bristol University].

Offprints from the Vernacular Architecture Group Library

• Aalen, F.M.A. 1985. Formes traditionnelles d’architecture à Céphalonie (Grèce), off print from
  Méditerranée, Tome 56, Number 4, pp.47-50. (?): Méditerranée.
• Agarwal, Anil. 1982. Let them live in mud, off print from New Scientist, Volume 96, pp. 737-747. London: New Scientist.
• Alcock, N.W. 1975. Warwickshire Timber-Framed Houses: a Draft and a Contract, off-print from Post Medieval Architecture, Volume 9, pp. 212-218. (?)
• Baumgarten, Karl. 1982. Bauen und Wohnen in den Dörfern der Feudalzeit: das mecklenburgische Bauernhaus vor dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg, off-print from Vom Bauen and Wohnen, (?), pp. 49-60. Berlin: Vom Bauen and Wohnen.
• Baumgarten, Karl. 1982. Das Material der Wände des bäuerlichen Wohnhauses : Erläuterungen zum Kartenausschnitt Deutsche Demokratische Republik des “Ethnologische Atlas Europas”, off-print from Vom Bauen and Wohnen, (?), pp. 367-375. Berlin: Vom Bauen and Wohnen.
• Baumgarten, Karl. 1965. Das mecklenburgische Bauernhaus um 1600, off-print from Visby-symposiet för historiska vetenskaper, (?), pp. 231-246. (?): Visby-symposiet för historiska vetenskaper.
• Baumgarten, Karl. 1967. Das Hallenhaus im Griefswalder  Universitätsdorf, off-print from  Griefswald-Stralsunder Jahrbuch, Band 7, pp. 243-258. Rostock: Veb Hinstorff Verlag Rostock.
• Baumgarten, Karl. 1965. Der Ummanzer Bauernhof des 17. Jahrhunderts, off-print from Griefswald-Stralsunder Jahrbuch, Band 5, pp. 279-300. Rostock: Veb Hinstorff Verlag Rostock.
• Bruce, Walker. 1979. Rait, Perthshire, Scotland: An exploration in architectural archaeology, off-print from Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape: Collected Papers, Denmark Session 1979, pp. 210-211. (?) Copenhagen: Denmark: Copenhagen Geografisk University. 
• Bans, Jean-Christian and Gaillard-Bans, Patricia. 1997. A Propos D’Homologues Bretons des Hall Houses D’Angleterre et Du Pays de Galles, off-print from Les Dossiers du Ce.R.A.A. Volume 25, pp. 91-110. (?): Les Dossiers du Ce.R.A.A.
• Dunbar, John. 1960. Pitcastle, a Cruck-Framed House in Northern Perthshire, off-print from Scottish Studies, Volume 4, Part 1, pp.113-117. (?): Scottish Studies.
• Fletcher, John M. 1961. Master John ate Halle, John de Harewell: A Historical Investigation, off-print from Harlequin, (?), (?), Abingdon: Harlequin.
• Gaillard-Bans, Patricia. 1982. L’architecture vernaculaire en Bretagne et en Irlande: Essai d’analyse comparative, off print from Penn ar Bed, Volume 13, Number 107, pp. 133-150. (?): Penn ar Bed.
• Janse, H and Devliegher, L. 1962. Middeleeuwse bekappingen in het vroegere Graafschap Vlaanderen (Medieval Roofs in the Former County of Flanders), off-print from Bulletin de la Commission Royale des Monuments et des Sites, Tome XIII, pp. 300-380. Brussels: Bulletin de la Commission Royale des Monuments et des Sites.
• Kissling, Werner, Dr. Jur. 1943. The Character and Purpose of the Hebridean Black House, off-print from The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 73, pp. 75-100. London: The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Lerche, Grith. 1971. Seitenbandkonstruktionen, off-print from Nordelbingen, Volume 40, pp. 174-226. (?): Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens & Co.
• Smith, J.T. 1977. Norweigan Stave-church Roofs from an English Standpoint, off-print from Universitetets Oldsaksamling Arbok 1975/1976, pp. 123-136. Oslo: Universitetets Oldsaksamling.
• Thompson, Michael. 1976. The construction of the Manor at South Wingfield, Derbyshire, off-print from Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology, (?), pp. 417-438. London: Duckworth.
• Trench, John Chenevix and Finchley, Pauline. 1981. Wooburn D’eyncourt: A Lost Medieval Manor House, off print from Records of Bucks, Volume XXIII, pp. 39-49. Buckinghamshire: Records of Bucks.
• Walton, James. 1959.  Villages of the Paramount Chiefs of Basutoland, off-print from Lesotho, Volume 1, Number 1, pp.1-7. (?)
• Walton, James. 1945. The Art of the Koth, off-print from Man in India, Volume XXV, Number 1, pp14-16. (?): Man in India.
• Zimmerman, W. Haio. 1999. Stallhaltung und Auswinterung der Haustiere in ur-und Fruhgeschichtlicher Zeit, off print from Beitrage zur Mittelalterarchaologie in Osterreich, Volume 15, pp. 27-33. (?): Beitrage zur Mittelalterarchaologie in Osterreich.

Journals

• AJ Specification February (2019).
• Architects Journal Volumes 246 (Issues 1, 2 & 3, January and February 2019).
• British Archaeology Volume 165 (March/April 2019).
• Carmarthenshire Antiquary Volume 054 (2018).
• Chapel Society Newsletter Volume 070 (January 2019).
• Community Archaeology & Heritage Volume 5 (Nos. 1 to 4, 2018).
• Council for British Archaeology Newsletter Volume 45 (February to May 2019).
• Current World Archaeology Volume 093 (February/March 2019).
• Regional Furniture Volumes 26, 29 and 30 (2012, 2015-16).

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